Human beings make sense of the world through the stories that they tell. Contemporary media is still predominately postmodern, but there are signs that there is a shift towards a new ‘post...Show moreHuman beings make sense of the world through the stories that they tell. Contemporary media is still predominately postmodern, but there are signs that there is a shift towards a new ‘post-postmodern’ paradigm. In this thesis I will analyze this shift through the figure of the literary vampire, introducing the concept of the hauntological dominant of post-postmodernism.Show less
This thesis offers an analysis of the development of Salman's Rushdie's work through a close reading of two early novels (Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses) and two most recent novels (The...Show moreThis thesis offers an analysis of the development of Salman's Rushdie's work through a close reading of two early novels (Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses) and two most recent novels (The Golden House and Quichotte). The research question is to establish whether a major change in style has taken place. The premise is that a shift seems to have taken place from what Brian McHale calls the ontological dominant in postmodernism to an ethical and moral dominant. This thesis focuses particularly on typical postmodern topics such as the questioning of the ontological relationship between reality and truth, since Rushdie’s style of fantastical writing invites such a focus.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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Central to this thesis are Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. It is argued that both enforce an interactive reading process through circular motifs and...Show moreCentral to this thesis are Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. It is argued that both enforce an interactive reading process through circular motifs and narrative structures. These interactive, "circular" readings coincide with the novels' political and psychological themes, so form and content support each other, which contradicts some critical clichés surrounding postmodernist literature.Show less
